Hugh Vaughan was an English Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I of England

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. He was The Earl of Bedford's

Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford

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 steward in the west of England, and entered parliament at a by-election for Bridport

Bridport (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in 1581 as the Earl's nominee to replace his heir, Lord Russell, who had been summoned to sit in the House of Lords

House of Lords

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. He subsequently also represented Dartmouth

Dartmouth (UK Parliament constituency)

Dartmouth, also at some times called Clifton, Dartmouth and Hardness, was a parliamentary borough in Devon which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons in 1298 and to the Commons of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom from 1351 until 1832, and then one member from...

 (in the Parliament of 1584), Plymouth

Plymouth (UK Parliament constituency)

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 (1586) and Tavistock

Tavistock (UK Parliament constituency)

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(1593).